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How to make an origami crane.

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1. Start with a square piece 7. Reestablish creases. Now think
of paper wish on one side, of your paper as having four smaller
blank on the other side. diamonds within the one bigger
diamond. Place your thumbs on
top of point C diamond. Place D B
DB
your index fingers on the other
side of the paper under the middle
crease in point B diamond and the
2. Lay the paper down flat in front middle crease in point D diamond, C
of you wish side facing down. guiding both points down to meet
Take the bottom right corner and A
point C then crease sides. Now
fold the paper diagonally to form collapse point A down onto points
a triangle. Unfold the paper. B, D, and C, resulting in a small,
DB
compact diamond.

3. Take the bottom left corner and A


now fold the paper diagonally the
opposite way. Unfold the paper
again, and turn it over so that the
DB
wish side is facing up.
C

8. Make sure that the open corner


is on the bottom. Also, make sure
that the upper left and upper right
sides of your diamond are creased. A

DB
4. Fold the paper in half,
C
bringing the bottom half of
the paper up to meet the top
half. Unfold the paper. E
9. Take the right top layer of your
diamond (point F) and fold it
inward, so that the right side
H F
5. Fold the paper in half the other now lies next to the crease in the J I
way, bringing the right side of middle. Take the left top layer of
the paper over the left side of the your diamond (point H) and fold
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paper. Unfold the paper again, it inward as well, making sure
but do not flatten it. that the left side is now adjacent E
to the right side. Points F and
H should be touching in the H F
center of your diamond.
J I

6. Making sure that the wish side A

is facing up, lay the paper in front downward downward


G
of you. Position the paper like a crease crease
diamond, not a square. E
D B 10. Flip your paper over and repeat
step 9 so that points I and J are
touching in the center. You should I J
now have a kite shape in front of you.
C

G
How to make an origami crane. (contd.)
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11. Take the top corner of your kite G G G
17. Take the right leg and fold it up
(point E) and fold it down and back all the way on an outward diagonal.
up, creating a crease where points I J
Unfold it and return it to its original
I and J meet. Turn your kite over position. Do the same to the left leg.
and crease the other way.

12. E

folded in steps 9-11 and grab the 18. Turn your crane so that you are G G G
bottom corner (point G), but ONLY looking at it from the side (it should G
the top layer of paper. Pull the corner
I J
upward and crease so that the crease the crease you made in step 17, fold
you made in step 11 is reestablished G the leg up as far as it can fold. Turn
it will look like an open birds beak. your paper over and do the same
to the other leg. Now close the leg,
G G bringing points O and P together.
13. Holding your bird beak wide Do the same to the other side.
open, and using the creases you
G G G
just made in steps 9-12, fold the
right and left sides of the beak
I J
inward and crease. Push the beak I J
O P
backwards and crease so that it now

touching in the center of the beak.

symmetrical diamond shape.

G 19. Now turn your crane so that you G G


14. Turn your paper over and repeat
can see one leg sticking out of the
step 13. You should now have a
top right side and the other leg
symmetrical diamond shape in front
sticking out of the top left side. To
of you. There should be two legs
K L create the neck, take the right leg
at the bottom of your diamond.
tip and gently pull it outward until
(They are actually the neck and tail.)
it reaches 45 degrees. Then pinch
and crease at the base of the neck.
To create the tail, take the left leg
tip and gently pull it outward until it
reaches 45 degrees. Then pinch and
G G
15. Just as you did in steps 9-11, take crease at the base of the tail.
the right top layer (point L) and fold
it inward so that the right side now
lies next to the crease in the middle. 20. To create the head, grab the
KL neck about of an inch from the pinch
Take the left top layer (point K) and K L M N

fold it inward as well, so that points top. Push the top of the neck down
K and L are touching in the center so the crease folds the opposite
of your kite. way. Pinch the paper together so
that you make a crease where the
head meets the neck.

16. Flip your paper over and repeat G G


step 15 so that points M and N are 21. Take one wing and fold it down
touching. You should now have a of the way. Do the same to the
skinny kite shape. other wing. Open the body by
NM
N M
blowing into the underside cavity
then gently pulling out the wings.

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